Today is the the official launch of MLive Media Group, and the journalists of The Grand Rapids Press want you to see what we've been up to.

This morning we opened our new offices looking out on Rosa Parks Circle. The view is spectacular, and our offices seem almost too good to be true. We're Midwesterners, after all, so of course we're thinking, "Is all this new stuff really for us?"

Why yes, as a matter of fact, it is.

Please take some time to marvel with us, and click through the artistic photos of Cory Morse, and a fun time-lapse video by Chris Clark.

The new offices at 169 Monroe Avenue NW are home to more than 30 reporters, photographers and editors, several more statewide reporters, and scores of advertising and marketing professionals.

Customer service will continue at 155 Michigan Ave. NW for a few more weeks.

MLive Media Group is a new statewide news company that includes The Press, The Bay City Times, The Saginaw News, The Flint Journal, Kalamazoo Gazette, The Muskegon Chronicle, The Jackson Citizen Patriot, AnnArbor.com, MLive.com and news offices in Detroit and Lansing.

MLive Media Group: The First Four HoursA photo was taken every 15 seconds between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. Thursday, February 2, upstairs in MLive Media Group and The Grand Rapids Press as the company opens a new downtown Grand Rapids location.